Box-lid support



.(NOMOM) o. H. SGHAEPFBR.

BOX LID SUPPORT.

No. 480,832. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN H. SCHAEFFER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOX-LID SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,832, dated August16, 1892.

Application tiled April 18, 1892.V Serial No. 429,671. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. SCHARF- FER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in B0X -LidSupports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a support for holding or supporting the hingedlid or cover of a cigar or other like box in an open condition, so as toeX pose the contents of the same to view, the objects of the presentimprovement being to provide a simple, cheap, and durable supportingdevice for holding and supporting the cover in an open and angularposition and which is capable of ready and easy application and adaptedto not only support and strengthen the cover-hinge, but at the same timeconstitutea mark-card to indicate the price of the boxcontents. I attainsuch objects by the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating the present invention in position on a cigarboX; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the coversupport detached, and Fig. 3 a sectionalelevation illustrating the support in use.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the diierent views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body, and 2 the hingedcover, of a cigar or other like box.

The present cover-support consists of a body portion bent at or near themiddle to form the two portions 3 and 4, the upper portion 3 beingformed with a bent spring-finger 5, that engages the box-cover 2, asshown, and which maybe made of some size so as to constitute a pricecard or indicator, while the lower portion is left plain or marginallybeaded, so as to rest against the back of the box-body l, so as tosupport the cover in its open condition, as clearly illustrated in Figs.l and 3.

In the manufacture of my improved coversupport the same may be made ofsheet metal, more especially where the feature of a priceindicator isdesired. It may, however', be formed of wire, in which case the wirewill be bent into a skeleton form approximating the outline of the plateformation illustrated in the drawings.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The box-cover support consisting of an upper portion 3, provided with aclip 5 for eugaging the box-cover, and a lower portion 4, adapted torest against the back of the boxbody, the two portions 3 and 4 beingbent at an angle to each other, substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof witness my hand this 14th day of April, 1892.

CHRISTIAN H. SCHAEFFER.

In presence of- RORERT BURNS, GEO. H. ARTHUR.

